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Had Germany adopted a policy of containment of UK power they could have waited until their nuclear program was succesful. It would have been game set match for the Brits.

Hitler's fixation on Russia is what destroyed his dreams. He had the manpower to win in Western Europe. He should have hit Africa to secure oil and waited patiently until 1947. Germany had a HUGE technological advantage that grew wider every year.

Best writeup I've seen yet. His two biggest mistakes were switching targets when he had the battle of britain all but won, and Russia. Russia would have happened anyway, but that division cost Germany the war.

They would have had the bomb before us, I do believe. As you said, their tech was way ahead of anyone else's.

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Posted by Palmetto98

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Posted on 11/3/21 at 9:50 am to Spaceman Spiff

Ummm no…First, Germany needed resources and the right scientists to develop an effective atom bomb/two things it lacked. Then you have to protect your nuclear factories from getting the shvt bombed out of them

Second, let’s say Germany miraculously developed an effective bomb. Now you need effective air range and clear air superiority to keep this plane from getting blown up in the sky. There’s no way in hell they were going to be able to reach the US and I don’t think the Brits and Russians were just going to sit there and let German planes fly in their air space.

Third, Russia wasn’t sitting their jerking off waiting for the Germans to attack them. Operation Barbarossa was a do or die situation. If the Germans would’ve waited any longer than they would have ran in to a much stronger and well prepared Russia which defeats the whole point in blitzkrieg.

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